---
type: "Bill"
title: "ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 11 in St. Tammany Parish as the \"Jimmy Buffett 'Changes in Latitude' Memorial Crossing\". (8/1/24) (EN +$1,100 SG EX See Note)"
description: "ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 11 in St. Tammany Parish as the \"Jimmy Buffett 'Changes in Latitude' Memorial Crossing\". (8/1/24) (EN +$1,100 SG EX See Note)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 44"
citation: "Louisiana SB 44 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick McMath"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-26"
last_action: "2024-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d2c29d1-82ab-4877-8e70-818f0446d7ec"
source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245796"
source_hash: "71839902f20ed3016f870b6d88c20e36503fb4adf52fe46b16a4404535dc231f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
---

# Louisiana SB 44 (2024) — ROADS/HIGHWAYS: Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 11 in St. Tammany Parish as the "Jimmy Buffett 'Changes in Latitude' Memorial Crossing". (8/1/24) (EN +$1,100 SG EX See Note)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB44 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1346828)
2. **SB44 Act 120** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1378103)
3. **SB44 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1354307)
4. **SB44 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1375166)

## Votes

- FINAL PASSAGE (#332) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE (#1082) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- CO-AUTHORS (#333) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick McMath — primary (person)
- Adam Bass — cosponsor (person)
- Adrian Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Alan Seabaugh — cosponsor (person)
- Beth Mizell — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Glorioso — cosponsor (person)
- Caleb Kleinpeter — cosponsor (person)
- Cameron Henry — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Cleo Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Larvadain III — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gerald Boudreaux — cosponsor (person)
- Glen Womack — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory A. Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Luneau — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Morris — cosponsor (person)
- Jean-Paul Coussan — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Stine — cosponsor (person)
- Jimmy Harris — cosponsor (person)
- John "Big John" Illg , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Bouie — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Jackson-Andrews — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Carver — cosponsor (person)
- Kirk Talbot — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Abraham — cosponsor (person)
- Michael "Big Mike" Fesi — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Reese — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick Connick — cosponsor (person)
- R. Dewith Carrier — cosponsor (person)
- Regina Ashford Barrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Edmonds — cosponsor (person)
- Robert "Bob" Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Allain — cosponsor (person)
- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
- Royce Duplessis — cosponsor (person)
- Stephanie Berault — cosponsor (person)
- Stewart Cathey , Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Pressly — cosponsor (person)
- Vincent Cox III — cosponsor (person)
- William "Bill" Wheat , Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-05-22** Effective date 8/1/2024.
- **2024-05-22** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 120. `became-law, executive-signature`
- **2024-05-16** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-16** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
- **2024-05-16** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-15** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
- **2024-05-15** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 94, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
- **2024-05-14** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/15/2024.
- **2024-05-01** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
- **2024-04-30** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
- **2024-04-29** Reported favorably (10-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-22** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-18** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
- **2024-04-17** Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
- **2024-04-17** Called from the Calendar.
- **2024-03-19** Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- **2024-03-18** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
- **2024-03-13** Rules suspended. Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Prefiled and under the rules provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. `filing, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d2c29d1-82ab-4877-8e70-818f0446d7ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).